Clark Early Childhood Center

Clark Early Childhood Center, a very small elementary school, is located in Sioux City, Iowa. The school covers pre-K and reported 75 students in 2024-25. The school is 77% below the average for elementary schools in Iowa.

Within Sioux City Comm School District, Clark Early Childhood Center is one of 21 schools. The district enrolls 14,189 students.

Hispanic students make up 37% of enrollment at Clark Early Childhood Center, the largest share of any group. The rest of enrollment is 36% White, 19% Black, and 5% multiracial. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Woodbury County's population at about 19%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 69, compared with 70 nationally.

Its ratio of 6.3:1 is based on 11.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. Elementary schools in Iowa have an average ratio of 13.7:1. In all, 9% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is below the 60% average among public schools in Woodbury County.

In Woodbury County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $73,658 a year, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Woodbury County number 37, with about 18,210 students.

North High School is about 0.9 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8.

In the federal locale system, Clark Early Childhood Center is coded City: Small, for schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.

Federal records list enrollment at Clark Early Childhood Center as 34 in 2020-21 and 75 in 2024-25. A change that size can reflect a shift in the grades the school serves as well as a change in students. The ratio was 4.9:1 in 2020-21 and 6.3:1 in 2024-25.

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